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Name: WALLER, Harold Edward (Capt.)
Nee: son of Hugh Sydney Waller, bro of Arthur Sydney Waller
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1883 Farmingham, Glos.
First Date: 1925
Profession: Hotelier
Area: Box 183, Nairobi, 1930 Oakleigh Hotel, Nairobi
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Macmillan, Red 22
War Service: RFA
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 - Hotel Avenue, built in 1928 and owned by Mr James Walker, an enterprising Scotsman, who developed the great business of The Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd. at Hong Kong. …. The lessees of the Hotel are Mr H.E. Waller, Mrs H. Jarrett and Mr R.T. Bowyer, all active partners in the very popular and nicely appointed Trocadero Restaurant in Government Road and also in the Oakleigh Hotel, excellently situated about a mile from the centre of Nairobi. The Oakleigh Hotel was started a few years ago …. Has 54 bedrooms and is exceedingly comfortable in every way.
Gazette - 11/11/1925 - Application for Restaurant Liquor Licence - H E Waller & R T Bowyer - Old Stanley Hotel, Govt. Rd.